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HYDROGENATED POLYISOBUTENE

Not on the EU Annex III list

Propene, 2-methyl-, homopolymer

HYDROGENATED POLYISOBUTENE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Skin Conditioning - Emollient, Skin Conditioning, Viscosity Controlling, with CAS number 40921-86-6 / 61693-08-1. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 4 product labels, leading the declaration on Le Chouchou Lip Softening Balm Guava Fresca. Fulton (1989) grades it 1 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale; that grade is transcribed as-is and is the only rating source used.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
40921-86-6 / 61693-08-1
COSING FUNCTIONS
Skin Conditioning - Emollient, Skin Conditioning, Viscosity Controlling
COMEDOGENIC RATING (FULTON 1989)
1 / 5

Sample products containing HYDROGENATED POLYISOBUTENE

Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.

PRODUCT LABEL POSITION
UltraLift Nuit Soin anti-rides raffermissant #2
Le Chouchou Lip Softening Balm Guava Fresca #1
INGU Tri-peptide Balm Nude Pink #2
Rhode Peptide Lip Tint #1

Query HYDROGENATED POLYISOBUTENE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "HYDROGENATED POLYISOBUTENE"]
print(target[['ingredient_id', 'functions', 'cas_number', 'is_common_allergen']])

The complete snapshot covers 18,583 products. Coverage of each enrichment column is published, both per distinct name and weighted by label occurrence — see the coverage table.

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